What did President Bush announce today on climate change?
The President spoke today to the U.S. Global Leadership Council about America’s international development agenda. You can find his remarks here. His wide-ranging speech covered trade, debt relief,...
View ArticleThe G-8 agreement (especially on climate change)
Here is the 38-page “Summit Declaration” from the G8 summit, released earlier today. The summit and the document cover many important economic topics. I’m going to focus on the climate change section,...
View ArticleThe wrong way to address climate change
The Senate is now debating a climate change bill, typically referred to as the “Lieberman-Warner” bill, referring to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. John Warner (R-VA). Technically, we think they’ll...
View ArticleParsing the President: no "climate change"?
I watched the President’s Tuesday evening press conference twice, and have been studying the transcript as well. I believe the best way to understand a policymaker is simple: read, watch, or listen to...
View ArticleUnderstanding the President’s CAFE announcement
(Editorial note: I was doing so well moving to shorter posts. I fail miserably in achieving that goal here. I went the comprehensive route instead. I promise to return to shorter posts in the future....
View ArticleThe Smoot-Krugman carbon import tariff
I wrote last Friday about the China/India hole in the American climate strategy: America appears to lack a high-probability strategy for how to get China, India, and Russia to agree to self-impose a...
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